Friday, January 23, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Beant case accused flee
  Dig 94-foot-long tunnel from Burail Jail
18 cameras fail to capture escape
From Left: Jagtar Singh Tara, Paramjit Singh Beora and Jagtar Singh HawaraChandigarh, January 22
Three alleged assassins of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh escaped in the small hours of today from a high-security Burail Model Jail in their third suspected attempt digging a 94-foot-long tunnel that went beneath three walled security rings.
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Chandigarh Home Secretary R.S. Gujral inspects the exit of the tunnel dug by the alleged assassins of Beant Singh in Burail Jail, Chandigarh, on Thursday. The tunnel was used by them to escape from the jail. — Tribune photo
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Escape theory full of contradictions
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The sensational escape of Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tari and Paramjit Singh Bheora — all accused in the Beant Singh assassination case — from the high-security Burail jail has come just 36 hours before a joint team of the PSHRC and the Punjab Prisons was to start an extensive survey of various prisons in the state.

Signals that jail staff chose to ignore
Chandigarh, January 22
Going by circumstances the escape of three of the accused in the Beant Singh assassination case was virtually waiting to happen. 

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